Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
AluaSoul Orotava Valley (Hyatt All-Inclusive, Tenerife): Bottom Line Review
In August 2021, Hyatt added more than 100 all-inclusive hotels across seven brands with the purchase of Apple Leisure Group and its “All Moments Resorts” collection (AMR). There are now over 40 all-inclusive properties...
Choice Privileges removes 35K cap from award redemptions
Choice Privileges isn't a program that gets a ton of digital ink in the points and miles blogosphere. At FM, we've primarily been interested in it because of its partnership with Preferred Hotels and...
No, Avianca LifeMiles isn’t adding new fuel surcharges to its awards
Recently, Avianca LifeMiles has been adding significant fuel surcharges to various award tickets. These are additional fees that, up 'til now, Avianca hasn't passed on to its customers. We've had numerous messages today from...
Virgin Atlantic: 40% off award flights (but mind the fees)
Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red are offering a 40% discount on award tickets for all flights on Virgin Atlantic metal booked from today through June 24th for travel through December 31st, 2024. The discount...
Chase Ink Business Unlimited Credit Card Review (2024)
The Chase Ink Business Unlimited card is unique among Chase’s Ultimate Rewards (UR) business cards in that it gives you 1.5x earning on all spending. However, unlike its consumer doppelgänger - the Chase Freedom...
Amex Business Gold 155k offer with no lifetime language
There is yet another targeted welcome offer for the American Express Business Gold card, this one offering an incredible 150,000 Membership Rewards after $10K in spend and then tacking on an additional 5K when...
(EXPIRED) Wyndham Rewards selling 30 night hotel pass for $499 – but there’s a...
Wyndham Rewards has announced that it will be selling something called the "Ultimate Hotel Pass" in early July. This pass will allow for up to 30 nights at hotels and resort within Wyndham's portfolio...
(EXPIRED) Delta Amex Offers: 10x Membership Rewards on $400+ gift card purchases (targeted)
There are two new, targeted Amex offers that gives 4,000 or 5,000 Membership Rewards (MR) points back on a $400 or $500 purchase of Delta gift cards. The MR bonus is "worth" $44-55 if...
[Ended] Earn 7,500 Aeroplan points with a $100 Miles4Migrants donation
In honor of World Refugee Day, Aeroplan is offering 7,500 miles per $100 donation to the charity Miles4Migrants. You can earn a maximum of 75,000 points through the promo, which would require a $1,000...
A Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot, using LifeMiles for Thai Airways business class...
We're doing something a little different for the Saturday Selection this week. As regular readers will know, we've just returned from our "Flying by the Seat of our Points" last minute travel challenge. So,...
Get Top Tier Preferred Hotels status with just an Aeroplan credit card
Preferred Hotels and Resorts is yet another marketing group and booking channel that represents more than 650 independent hotels and resorts across 85 countries (similar to Small Luxury Hotels or Mr & Mrs Smith)....
Air France/KLM Flying Blue adds the “world’s best first class” as a partner: Oman...
This belongs in the "things we've been meaning to write about since the start of the challenge." Last week, Prince of Travel discovered that it was now possible to book Oman Air flights using...
Hyatt Brand Explorer: Now with 30 brands, earn up to 6 free nights
Hyatt's Category 1-4 free night certificates can be earned in several ways, most commonly as an anniversary perk of the Chase World of Hyatt Card, as a 30-night Milestone perk or by spending $15,000/year...
(Expired)Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve: Increased 75K offers available
Update 6/14/24: As often happens with Chase, while the public links for these 75K offers are now dead, referrals are still showing them. We have referral links that go to the 75K offers on...
